Saturday, March 1, 2008

How do I refresh all my tabbed pages at once?

If you are like me, you like to load several pages at the same time. If your connection drops out, you don't want to have to refresh each page again. Fortunately, you only have to right click.


Simply right click on any tab. A drop-down menu will appear and you have the option to 'refresh all'. Easy!

Monday, February 25, 2008

How do I open a group of favourite sites together?

Adding tab groups to your favourites is a great way to quickly access what you need. Once you have set up your tab group favourites, all pages in a group will open simultanously.

I like tab group favourites for projects that require me to frequent the same few sites. If you shop online, you can add your favourite stores into a tabbed group to open together when you're ready to browse.

From the menu choose Favourites > Add Tab Group to Favourites. Type in a folder name for the group (Fave Stores, assignment, etc) and click Add.

When you select the tab group from your favourites in the future, it will open all of the pages you add to that group. No more time wasted opening each page one at a time!

How do I see all my tabbed pages at the one time?

The quick tabs feature in Internet Explorer lets you see a mini version of each page you have open in your browser on a single page. This can be quite useful if you have a bit going on. Below is a screen shot showing six tabbed pages being viewed in Quick Tabs.




The quickest way to activate Quick Tabs is simply to use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+Q. The menu path is View > Quick Tabs.

Click any mini page to open it or click the small cross on a mini page in order to close it completely.